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As the iPhone 13 launch nears, Apple supplier Foxconn rushes to hire 200,000 more workers
- Foxconn has ratcheted up its recruitment of new assembly line workers at its sprawling manufacturing complex in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou
- Apple’s latest flagship device, the iPhone 13, is expected to be launched this September
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The world’s largest iPhone factory, located in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, is now on a fast-track recruitment effort amid the need for 200,000 more workers by the end of September, as Apple is expected to launch its latest flagship smartphone next month, according to a local television report this week.
Getting more manpower has been the “biggest bottleneck” at the sprawling manufacturing complex run by Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group, according to the site’s deputy general manager, Wang Xue, who was quoted by local broadcaster Henan Television. The facility can house as many as 350,000 assembly line workers and produce up to 500,000 smartphones a day.
Wang said he is confident that the production complex, an area dubbed as “iPhone City”, can achieve its staffing goal “at the current speed of recruitment”, which has been supported by local governments, the report said.
Various local governments in central Henan province have mobilised workers for processing as new recruits at the massive iPhone assembly centre in the outskirts of Zhengzhou, according to the report. It said local governments have chartered 100 buses to “pick up job applicants from their communities and drop them at the factory gates”.
Foxconn, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, is also conducting Covid-19 tests and other health measures on site to ensure the safety of workers as they are processed.
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